An F statistic calculated on 2 and 26 degrees of freedom equals 3.41.Which decision should be made about a hypothesis tested at the p = 0.05 level?
A) Fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude there are differences among the groups.
B) Fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude no significant differences are indicated among the groups.
C) Reject the null hypothesis and conclude there are differences among the groups.
D) Reject the null hypothesis and conclude no significant differences are indicated among the groups.

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With an F statistic of 3.41 and 2 and 26 degrees of freedom, the calculated p-value is 0.049, which is less than the significance level of 0.05. Therefore, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there are differences among the groups.

An F Statistic Calculated on 2 and 26 Degrees of Freedom